The Sun.
London, England, 1852-01-19 00:00:00

IN TERNAI4ONAL COPYRIGHT.

(From the Gazette.)
CONVENTION BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, FOR THE ESTA-
BLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COPY-
RIGHT.
SIGNED AT PARIS NOV, 3, 1851.--RATIFICATIONS EX-

CHANGED AT PARIS, JANUARY,IBS2.
Art. 1. From and after the date on which, according
to the provisions of Art. 14, the present convention
shall come into operation, the authors of works of litera-
ture or of art, to whom the laws of either of the two
countries do now or may hereafter give the right of pro-
perty, or copyright, shall be entitled to exercise that
right in the territories of the other of such countries for
the same term and to the same extent as the authors of
works of the came nature, if published in such country
would therein be entitled to exercise such right; so that
the republication or piracy in either country of any
work of literature or of art, published in the other, shall
be dealt with in the same manner as the republication or
piracy of a work of the same nature first published in
such other country; and so that such authors in the one
cofuntry shall have the same remedies adore the courts
o otherjuatice in the other country, and shall enjoy in that
The term
uauoeruingsterrdaynretthpteuobsualuimctahetoiorpusroitection against piracy and
hereafter ansththate does or may
prise publiciioeiti country.law now
"works of literature and art," employed at
the beginning
compositions, of publications
this article, shall be understood to cous-
books, of dramatie works, of musical
of literature
engraving, of awingr of printing, of sculpture, of
andlithography(, and clan), other works what-
soeverrtgts
late s, composers, pain ers"
The lawful represen
assigns of authors, trans-
t:i th"ofiruearts.
sculptors, or engravers, shall,
sculptors, or e
in all respects enjoy the 13
authors, translators,
seat convention ate grantedat
rgravers themselves.
which by the pre-
composers, painters,
being, however ,
Art. 2. Toe protection gracile
respect of
is
to original works is
°Eirteriinded to confetrouhfipsonotre
extsnded to trantlations; it
derstood that the intention of the , .
articleparnodtetchtataittlsannsoltai
strimanpsliyatitoon,
first translator of any work the exclusive He, trans-
lating that work, except
,in the case and to the extent
provided for in the following article.
Art. 3. The author of any work published in either
of the two countries, who may choose to reserve the
right of translating it, shall, until the expiration of five
years from the date of the first publication of the trans-
lation thereof authorised by him, be, in the following
cases, entitled to protection from the publication in the
other country of any translation of such work not so
authorised by him
Sec. 1. If the original work shall have been registered
and deposited in the one country within three months
after its first publication in the. other.
Sec. 2. If the author has notified on the title-page
of his work his intention to reserve the right of trans-
lating it
Sec. 3. Provided always, that least at a part of the
authorised translation shall have appeared within year
a
after the registration and deposit of the original, and
that the whole shall have bee
'p.blished within three
years after the date of such deposit.
,
Sec. 4. And provided that the publication of the trans-
, Litton shall take place within oneof -
i and that it shall be registered and the two countries,
deposited ttccOrdiPg
to the povisions 0 Art. S.

With regard to works which are published in parts, it
will be sufficient if the declaration of the author that ho
reserves the right of translation shall appear in the first
part. But with reference to the period of five ;ears,
limited by this article for the exercise of the exclusive
right of translation, each part shall be treated as a se-
parate work, and each part shall be registered and depo-
eited in the one country within three months after its
first publication in the other.
Art. 4. The stipulations of the preceding articles shall
also be applicable to the representation of dramatic
works, and to the performance of musical compositions,
in 50 far as the laws of each of the two countries are or
shall be applicable in this respect to dramatic and mu-
sical works first publicly represented or performed
therein.
In order, however, to entitle the author to legal pro-
tection in regard to the translation of a dramatic work,
such translation must appear within three mouths after
the registration and deposit of the original.
It is understood that the protection stipulated by the
present ertiele is not intended to prohibit fair imitations
or adaptations of cireanatic works to the stage in Eng-
land and France respectively, but is only meant to pre-
vent piratiet.l tratletions.
The question whether a work is an imitation or a
piracy, snail in alt CUSPS be decided by the courts of
justice of the respective countries, according to the laws
In force in each.
Art. 5. Notwithstanding the stipulations of Arts. I
and 2 of the present convention, articles extracted from
newspapere or periodicals published in either of the two
countries may be republished or translated in the news-
papers or periodicals of the other country, provided the
source from wheec such articles are taken be acknow-
ledged.
Nevertheless, this permission shall not be construed
to authorise the republication in one of the two countries
of articles from newspapers or periodicals published in
the other country, the authors of which shall have noti-
fied in a conspicuous manner in the journal or periodical
in which such articles have appeared, that they forbid
the republication thereof'.
Art. 6. The importation into and the sale in either of •

,ha two countries of piratical copies of works which are

protected from piracy under Arts. 1,2, 3, and 5 of the
present convention, are prohibited, whether such pirati-
cal copies originate in the country where the work was
published, or in any other country.
Art. 7. In the event of an infraction of the provisions
of the foregoing snicks, the pirated works or articles
alai! be seised or destroyed; and the persons who may
have committed such infraction shall be liable in each
country to. the penalties and actions which are or may
be prescribed by the laws of that country for such
offences, committed in respect of a work or production of
home origin.
Art. 8. Neither authors nor translators, nor their
lawful• representatives or assigns, shall be entitled in
either country to the protection stipulated by the pre-
ceding articles, nor shall copyright be claimable in either
country, unless the work shall have been registered in
the manner following, that is to say :-
1. If the work be one that has first appeared in France,
it must be registered at the Hall of the Company of
Stationers in London.

2. If the work be one that has first appeared in the
dominions of her Britannic Majesty, it must be regis-
tered at the Bureau de la Librairie of the Minister of the
Interior at Paris.

No person shall bo entitled to such protection afore-
said, unless he shall have duly complied with the laws
and regulations of the respective countries in regard to
the work in respect of which such protection may be
claimed. With regard to books, maps, prints, or musi-
cal publications, no person shall be entitled to such
protection, unless ho shall have delivered gratuitously,
at one or other of the places mentioned above, as the
case may be, one copy of the best edition, or in the best
state, in order to its being deposited at the place ap-
pointed for that purpose in such of the two countries;
that is to say, in Great Britain, at the British Museum
at London; and in France, at the National Library at
Paris.

In every case, the formality of deposit and registra-
tion must be fulfilled within three months after the first
publication of the work in the other country. With
regard to works published in parts, the period of three
months shall not begin to run until the date of the pub-
lication of the last part, unless the author shall have no-
tified his intention to reserve the right of translating it,
as provided in Art. 3; in which case each part shall be
treated as a separate work.
A certified copy of the entry in the register book of
the Company of Stationers in London shall confer,
within the British dominions, the exclusive right of re-
publication, until a better right shall have been esta-
blished by any other party before a court of justice.
The certificate given under the laws of France, proving
the registration of any work in that country, shall be
valid for the same purpose throughout the territories of
the French Republic.
A certificate or certified copy of the registration of
any work so registered in either country shall, if re-
quired, he delivered at the time of registration; and such
certificate shall state the exact date at which the regis-
tration was made.

The charge for the registration of a single work,
under the stipulations of this article, shall not exceed
one shilling in England or one franc and twenty-five'
centimes in France; and the further charge for a certi-
ficate of such regisration shall not exceed the sum of
five shillings in England, nor six francs and twenty-five
centimes in France.

The provisions of this article shall not extend to ar-
ticles which may appear in newspapers or periodicals,
which shall be protected from republication or transla-
tion simply by a notice from the author, as prescribed
by Art. 5. But if any article or work which has origi-
nally appeared in a newspaper or periodical shall after-
wards be published in a separate form, it shall then be-
come subject to the stipulations of the present article.
Art. 9. With regard to any article other thou books,
prints, maps, and musical publications, in respect to which
protection may be claimable under Art. 1 of the present
convention, it is agreed that any other made of registra-
tion than that prescribed in the preceding article, which
is or may bo epplicable by
law in ono of the two coun-
tries to any work or article first published in such coun-
try, for the purpose of affording protection to copyright
iu such work or article, shall be extended on equal terms
to any similar work or article first published in the other
country.
Art. 10. During the continuance of this convention the
duties now payable upon the lawful importation into the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland of books,
prints, drawings, or musical works, published throughout
the territories of the French Republic, shall be reduced
to and fixed at the rates hereinafter specified; that is to
say-
1. Duties on books and musical works, viz.:—
(a)
originally
produced in the United
,and published in France; the cwt. £2 10 0
(b)1) iInWV goodrrkoku ass not originally produced in the
United Kingdom; the cwt....
2. Prints or drawings:
(a) Coloured or plain, single, each ... 0 0 01
(b) Bound or sewed, the dozen 0 0
It is agreed that the rates of duty above specified shall
not be raised during the continuance of the present con-
vention; and that if hereafter, during the continuance
of this convention, any reduction of these rates should
bp made in favour of books, prints, drawings, or musical
works published in any other country, such reduction
shall he at the same time extended to similar articles
published in France.
It is moreover understood that all works published in
France, of which any part may have been originally pro-
duced in the United Kingdom, shall be considered as
" works originally produced in the United Kingdom, and
republished in France," and as such shall be subject to
the duty of fifty shillings per cwt., although the same
may contain also original matter not produced in the
United Kingdom; unless such original matter shall be
at least equal in bulk to the part of the work originally
produced in the United Kingdom, in which case the
work shall be subject only to the duty of fifteen shillings
per cwt.
Art. 11. In order to facilitate the execution of the pre-
sent convention, the two high contracting parties engage
to communicate to each other the laws and regulations
which may hereafter be established in their respective
territories, with respect to copyright in works or pro-
ductions protected by the stipulations of the present
convention.

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Art. 12. The stipulations of the present convention
shall in no way affect the right which each of the two
high contracting parties expressly reserves to itself, of
controlling or of prohibiting, by measures of legislation
or of internal police, the sale, circulation, presentation,
or exhibition of any work or production, in regard to
which either country may deem it expedient to exercise
that right.
Art. 13. Nothing in this convention shall be con-
strued to affect the right of either of the two high con-
tracting parties to prohibit the importation into its own
dominions of much books as, by its internal law, or
under engagements with other States, are or may be
declared to be piracies, or infringements of copyright.
Art. 14. Her Britannic Majesty engages to recom-
mend to Parliament to pass an Act to enable her to carry
into execution such of the arrangements contained in the
present convention as require the sanction of an Act
of the Legislature. When such an Act shall have been
passed, the convention shall come into operation from
and afier a day to be then fixed upon by the two high
contracting parties. Due notice shall be given before-
hand in each country by the Government of that coun-
try, of the day which may bo so fixed upon; and the
stipelations of the convention shall apply only to works
or articles published after that day.
The convention shall continue in force for ten years
from the day on which it may coma into operation, and
if neither party shall, twelve months before the expira-
tion of the said period of ten years, give notice of its
intention to terminate its operation, the convention shall
continue in force for a year longer, and so on from year
to year until the expiration of a year's notice from either
perry for its termination.
The
high contrasting parties, however, reserve to
themselves the
power of making by common consent in
this convention any m i
consistent with its spirit iat principles,tionswh ic hommiavymnicoht beexpine:
expe-
rience of its working
may show to be desirable.
Art. 15. The
tea may be within three
present
bconvention shall be ratified, and
eexchangedmonths o
from
at
the Paris
date
ofs 5OOO
have signed the same, and hav© the ratifications shall
sig-
nature.
IDnotaweitnateesw Paris,hetrheeo f
third
e thousand eight the respective Plenipotentiaries
theretoer,
in tthheeir
ere-
spective seals.
hundred and fifty-one.
PROCES-VERBAL OF THE EXCHANGE OF R
Of our Lord en
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Totirt e rt :NT: :N.
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nocflebresirgmneadj
ehsatyvintg
undersigned
Britain and Ire
(L.S.) TURGOT.
met together, in order, on
Queen of the United King-
eed, and of the President
Q.. proceedtl to the exchange of
dtot the
the
It
respectiveihh) of
Frenchf
ratin
c 4 Republic,tio
lit oe
r the convention between

Great Britain and France, signed at Paris on the 3d of
November last, for the mutual protection, in the two
countries, of copyright in works of literature and of art:
the respective instruments of ratification wero produced,
and after having been carefully compared and found to
be exactly conformable to each other, were exchanged
in the usual form.

1. Notwithstanding, however, that by terms of Art.
14 it is stipulated that none of the arrangements of the
convention shall come into operation until after the time
when such of those arrangements as require to be con-
firmed in Great Britain by an Act of the Legislature,
shall have been so sanctioned; it was mutually agreed
that such of those arrangements as not require that
sanction, and as the present state of the law enables the
British Crown to carry at once into execution, shall on
either side receive their full and entire effect as soon as
possible.
2. It was also agreed that the stipulations contained
in Art. 5, which forbid the republication in either of
the two countries of articles from newspapers or periodi-
cals Published in the other, the authors of which shall
have notified in the newspaper or periodical in which
such articles have appeared, that they forbid the publi-
cation thereof—shall not be applicable to articles of poli-
tical discussion.

The preceding interpretations and explanations shall
In witness whereof the underei
have the same force and validity as if they had baen in-
serted in the convention itseir.
present prices verbal, in duplisate, at Paris, the eghth
day of January, in the year of our Lord ono thousand
eight hundred and fifty-tvvo.
(L.S.)
(L.S.) gned have signed the
i

NORMANBY.
TIIIIGOT.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
WEIGHTS FOR TIIE CHESTER CUP.
Age at. lb. Age st. lb.
Clincher
Teddington 4 9 1 Recruit
Nancy 4 9 ILa Fiancee 5 5 12
Woolwich
King of Dude 5B 10 ThelndianWarrior 35 11
Newminster
King of Trumps... 3 5 11
Vatican
Miss Ann
Russborough
Elthiron
Mountain Deer
Grecian
Confessor
Pitaford
Truth
Marlborough Buck 4 8 2 Vermuth 4 5 8
Alonzo
• 4 5 8
Aphrodite
Backbiter
Cossack
Mark Tapley 5 7 10 Elcot ............... 3 5 8
Ariosto .......
Payment 4 7 10 Trousseau ......... 3 5 7
Lady Evelyn 6 7 8 Rachete ............ 3 5 7
Chief Justice
Hippolytus
Rhesus 6 7 6 Ingratitude ......... 4 5 6
Neasham 4 7 6 True Girl ......... 4 5 6
Le Juif 4 7 6My Fancy ....,.„. 3 5 6
Goldfinder
Barcelona
The Marquis
Mendicant
Raby
Maid of Team Val- Allegro ............ 3 5 6
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...... 3 5 6
Trickstress
Musician
Old Dan Tucker 6 7 5 Little Savage ...... 3 5 3
Black Doctor
Sir Rowland Tren- Little Harry .... . . 3 5 3
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Doubt
Herbert
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Lamar tine
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Wild Flower
Hesse Homburg
Broken Hearted Poetess ............ 3
Lady
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Ringleader Calculator
4 6 12 Ulrica
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Birmingham
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Kick up the Dust 4 6 1- of Sally Warfoot 3
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Melbourne
a 6 10 Dutch Lady 3
Young England ... 5 6 11 Equal
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Achyrantbes
Tom Holtby ......... 4 6 10 Lucio
Storyteller
Lough Bawn
Cnus 4 6 10 Constantine 3
Hungerford
4 6 10 By Ratan f dam
Ephesus
Hothorpe.
Constellation
Tragedian
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Haresfoot
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Cockcrow
Woodlark
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Gladiole • 56 -6 Dismay
Mouse
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33 to 1 agst High Sheriff
40 to 1 agst Ariosto
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Tredegar lids. Wed. Daffryn; Fri. Michaelston-111.
North Staffordshire lids.
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Somerset and Wilts has. Wed. Bitcombe Hill; Fri.
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Shropshire lids. Thurs. Sigh Hatton-10.
Mr. Newton's hds. Thurs. Broadwoodwidger-10.
N. F. hds. Tues. Paultons; Sat. Vinaey Bridge-104.
Hursley lids. Fri. Msrlbrook Pond-14
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Hambledon lids. Wed. Hill Place; Fri. Corhampton
Down-10i.
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,11 visited by a
he wall, but Mr.
THE MUMMY IN S. STEPHpErir.in'esi
Barry
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the relic will
the crypt onfatt.bSertepohfenp'esracohpasp,elinhatshebee —L'T.---TO-dßy
whichw
understandis express order.
con-
mummyhawdhicohrdewraeds f.oitundtoembbeeddcoevderi,e7:o of seeing the
nottbteharteamotvheodreaegxhceipetapbeyetiho:. With tarpaulin,
not take place until some of the principal
Archieological and Antiquarian Societies have
members of the
to attend. The workman who discovered ir been invited
cutting away the stone-work, a damp, in Says, that on
emitted from some of the crevices, which induceduY smell was
think that he had come to a coffin; and to his
him to
owing the perfect and unmutulated state of the'
foresight is
canvas with which it is covered is in good preservation,body. The
only parts injured being at the elbows and feet, the
tion of the bones protrude. The feet are protected
a por-
ther sandals, which are fastened by strings round
ded by lea-
Thel crozier of oak, and carved at the head and the leg.
centre. The
wall is of eight feet in thickness, and of that great .
hardness
and strength which characterises Norman structures in this
country. The crypt was formerly used by Air, Manners
Sutton, the Speaker, as his dining-room; and
will now,
understand, be fitted up as a chapel for the use of the officerswe
of the House of Commons.
Her Royal Highness ,the Duchess of Kent has
given a donation of 501. to the destitute survivors of the
Amazon.
INCENDIARISM IN THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS'
—The Earl of Hardwicke intends to bring before the House
of Lords, very early in the ;session, all the facts he can collect
respecting the incendiary fires that have occurred in the
agricultural districts. The Noble Earl is appealing to all the
parishes in Cambridgeshire to collect evidence and furnish
him with it before the Ist of February.
We learn from the Journal of the Kingdom of
the Two Sicilies that shocks of earthquake are still occa-
sionally felt in the vicinity of blelfi, Rapolla, Barile, and Rio-
nero. The last occurred on the 22d ult.
A great number of persons have lately died in Paris
from apoplexy, caused, it is suppozed, by the unseasonable
mildness of the weather.