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The present agreement shall be submitted to the ratifications of the august sovereigns simultaneously with the treaty just mentioned.

BARON OTTO FEODOR VON MANTEUFFEL.

HENRY BARON OTTO VON HESS, Lieutenant-General.
F. VON THUN.

BUOYS.

WEST COAST OF SCHLESWIG.

June 11, 1853.

In the course of a few days the following alterations will be made in the buoys in the undermentioned channels, viz:

Lister Deep.-Instead of the black buoy marked No. 2, Romo, there will be placed in the north-west bight of Jordesands Flat a seven-feet black and white checkered buoy, which, on entering for Romo, must be kept on the starboard side, and for the Hover Channel on the larboard. Instead of the red buoy by the Hunning Shoal, a white and black striped five-feet buoy will be placed, which, on entering the Hover Channel, must be kept on the starboard, and to the List Roads on the larboard. Further, in the course of eight or ten days the following additions and alterations in the buoying of this channel will be made:-Instead of the customary buoy at the entrance of the channel, a “Placock's" buoy, with a vane marked "Lister-dyb." This seamark appears like a floating beacon, is 12 feet above the water, and can serve as a refuge for 12 persons.

On the north side of Saltsand Shoal another black buoy will be placed. There will thus be two black buoys on this shoal, marked "List No. 1 and No. 2." The white buoy A will be placed further to the N.W. in 14 feet of water at the S.W. end of the "Rist" Shoal.

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To the south of the "Havsands" Reef, on which there is only two feet of water, a 13-feet white buoy will be placed, with a black ball, marked "List C." New Hover. Between the white buoys C and D a white buoy, without letter, will be placed on a projecting point of the 'North Sandgrund.' The green wreck buoy will be taken away.

North Elbe.-Instead of the white buoy A, a 13-feet white water-ballast buoy, with a black ball. The floating beacon on Gehlsand Flat will be taken away.

SWINEMUNDE.

Lloyd's Office, Stettin, May 8, 1854. By a publication of the Minister for Commerce, Trade, and Public Works, dated Berlin, April 29, 1854, the following notice is given to mariners:

The hill situated near the village of "Osternothafen," known by the name of "Siebenfichtenberg." with seven large fir trees on its top, which appears to vessels arriving before the port of Swinemunde from the Ñ.E. to N. and from N.W. in a distance of 2 to 24 leagues, and is forming one of the marks of the said port of Swinemunde, is to be levelled in the course of the month of July of this year.

Notice thereof is hereby given to mariners, who at the same time are informed, that in the place of this mark no other one will be erected for some time, so that the said port of Swinemunde in future is to be recognized only by the other marks already known, viz. the land marks on the "Streckelberg," and on the "Kiesberg," the light and the beacon on the East Mole, and the beacon in the Eastern Downs.

PROSCHWITZKY AND HOFRICHTER,
Lloyd's Agents.

THE SEVEN PINE MOUNTAINS.

Berlin, April 29, 1854.

In the course of the month of July next will be demolished the point near the village of Osternothafen, consisting of seven tall pine trees, known by the name of Siebenfichtenberg (Seven-Pine Mountain), and visible at a distance of

2 or 21 miles (8 to 10 English miles) to vessels nearing the harbour of Swinemunde from north-east to north.

No other countersign will for the present replace it, and the harbour will henceforth only be recognized by the other usual marks :-The land beacons on the Streckel-and-Kies Mountains,-the fire beacon on the Easter moat, and the revolving beacons on the Eastern Strand-down.

VON DER HEYDT. Minister of Commerce, Trade, and Public Works.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.

Convention between Her Majesty and the King of Prussia, for the Establishment of International Copyright. Signed at Berlin, May 13, 1846. [Ratifications exchanged at Berlin, June 16, 1846.]

1. Copyright. The authors of books, dramatic works, or musical compositions, and the inventors, designers, or engravers of prints, and articles of sculpture; and the authors, inventors, designers, or engravers of any other works whatsoever of literature and the fine arts, in which the laws of Great Britain and of Prussia do now or may hereafter give their respective subjects the privilege of copyright, shall with regard to any such works or articles first published in either of the two states, enjoy in the other the same privilege of copyright as would by law be enjoyed by the author, inventor, designer, or engraver of a similar work, if first published in such other state; together with the same legal remedies and protection against piracy and unauthorised republication.

The lawful representatives or assigns of authors, inventors, designers, or engravers, shall, in all these respects, be treated on the same footing as the authors, inventors, designers, or engravers themselves.

2. Registry. No person shall, in either country, be entitled to the protection, stipulated by the preceding article, unless the work in respect of which copyright is claimed shall have been registered by the original producer, or by his lawful representatives or assigns, in the manner following:

First. If the work be one that has first appeared in the dominions of His Majesty the King of Prussia, it must have been registered in the register book of the Company of Stationers in London.

Secondly. If the work be one that has first appeared in the dominions of Her Britannic Majesty, it must have been registered in the catalogue to be kept for that purpose at the office of His Prussian Majesty's Minister for Ecclesiastical, Educational, and Medical Affairs.

Nor shall any person be entitled to such protection as aforesaid, unless the laws and regulations of the respective states in regard to the work in respect of which it may be claimed shall have been duly complied with; nor, in cases where there are several copies of the work, unless one copy of the best edition, or in the best state, shall have been delivered gratuitously at the place appointed by law for that purpose in the respective countries.

A certified copy of the entry in the said register book of the Company of Stationers in London shall be valid in the British dominions, as proof of the exclusive right of republication, until a better right shall have been established by any other party before a court of justice :-and the certificate given under the laws of Prussia, of the registration of any work in that country, shall be valid for the same purpose in the Prussian dominions.

3. Dramatic and Musical Works.-The authors of dramatic and musical works which shall have been first publicly represented or performed in either of the two countries, as well as the lawful representatives or assigns of such authors shall likewise be protected in regard to the public representation or performance of their works in the other country, to the full extent in which native subjects would be protected in respect of dramatic and musical works first represented or performed in such country; provided they shall previously

have duly registered their copyright in the offices mentioned in the preceding article, in conformity with the laws of the respective states.

4. Duty. In lieu of the rates of duty which may at any time, during the continuance of this convention, be payable upon the importation into the United Kingdom of foreign books, prints, and drawings, there shall be charged upon the importation of books, prints, or drawings, published within the dominions of of Prussia, and legally importable into the United Kingdom, only the rates of duty specified in the table.

See p. 55.

It is understood that all works, of which any part was originally produced in the United Kingdom, will be considered as "works originally produced in the United Kingdom, and republished in Prussia," and will be subject to the duty of 50s. per cwt., although the same may contain also original matter produced elsewhere; 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 will be subject only to the duty of 15s. per cwt.

5. Stamps. It is agreed that stamps shall be provided according to a pattern to be made known to the officers of customs of the United Kingdom, and that the municipal or other authorities of the several towns in Prussia shall affix such stamps to all books intended for exportation to the United Kingdom. And no books shall, for the purposes of this convention, so far as the same relates to the rates of duty at which such books are to be entered, be deemed to have been published in Prussia, except such as appear by their title page to have been published at some town or place within the dominions of Prussia, and which have been duly stamped by the proper municipal or other authority of any such town or place.

6. Prohibition. Nothing in this convention shall be construed to affect the right of either of the two high contracting parties to prohibit the importation into its own dominions of such books as, by its internal law, or under its treaties with other states, are declared to be piracies, or infringements of copyright.

7. Treaty with a Third Power.-In case either of the two high contracting parties shall conclude a treaty of international copyright with any third power, a stipulation similar to that contained in the preceding article shall be inserted in such treaty.

8. German States of Commercial Union.-Those German states which, together with Prussia, compose the customs and commercial union, or which may hereafter join the said union, shall have the right of acceding to the present convention; and books, prints, and drawings, published in any state so becoming a party to this convention, and exported from any other state also being a party to the same, shall be considered, for the purposes of this convention, to have been exported from the country of their publication.

9. Commencement.-The present convention shall come into operation on September 1, 1846. It shall remain in force for five years from that date, and further, until the expiration of a year's notice, which may be given by either party, at any time after September 1, 1851.

10. Ratification.-The present convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Berlin, at the expiration of two months, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms.

Done at Berlin, the thirteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord, 1846.

WESTMORELAND.

CANITZ.

Protocol signed by the two Plenipotentiaries on the conclusion of the preceding Convention.

The undersigned plenipotentiaries of Her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and of His Majesty the King of Prussia, met together

this day in order to sign the treaty drawn up on the basis of the negotiations which have taken place for the reciprocal protection of the rights of authors against piracy and unauthorised reproduction.

The two original copies of the treaty having been examined and found to correspond in form and contents with the concerted stipulations, the plenipotentiaries proceeded to sign the same, under the following conditions; such conditions, though not appearing of a nature to be admitted into the text of the treaty, nevertheless to be considered, on the ratification of the treaty, as thereby agreed to and ratified :

1. Fees. With respect to article 2-Both governments engage that the fees which may at any time be levied for the registering of a single work in the register book of the Company of Stationers in London, or in the catalogue of the office of His Prussian Majesty's Minister for Ecclesiastical, Educational, and Medical Affairs, shall not exceed the sum of one shilling sterling, or of ten silver groschen, as has been already declared on the part of Great Britain in a letter from the Board of Trade.

2. Delivery of Copy. With reference to the same article:-The delivery of a copy gratuitously shall take place in Great Britain at the Stationers' Company in London, and in Prussia at the office of the Minister of Ecclesiastical, Educational, and Medical Affairs at Berlin.

3. Duty on Musical Works.-With reference to article 4:-Both governments agree, that the duty on musical works imported from Prussia into Great Britain shall not be greater than the duty on books imported from Prussia into Great Britain.

4. Stamping. With reference to article 5: It is understood that the stamping agreed to in this article will be confined to books and musical works (according to the interpretation of the word "books" 5 & 6 Vict., c. 45, July 1, 1842, p. 55,) whereas all other objects mentioned in article 1 of the convention this day signed, will not require to be stamped in order to enable them to be imported into Great Britain at the rate of duty fixed for these objects by article 4 of the present treaty.

Done at Berlin, May 13, 1846.

WESTMORELAND.
CANITZ.

By T. L., October 30, 1846, books published in Prussia, and stamped in Saxony, or any other state which may have acceded to the convention, are to be treated as Prussian, and vice versa; the same are to be admitted at the duty prescribed by the convention to be levied upon books published in Prussia, and imported into this country with the Prussian stamp affixed.

GERMAN CONFEDERATION.

Treaty of peace between His Majesty the King of Prussia, in his own name and in the name of the Germanic Confederation, on the one part, and His Majesty the King of Denmark on the other part.

Art. 1. Peace. There shall in future be peace, friendship, and good understanding between the Germanic Confederation and Denmark. The greatest attention shall be devoted by both parties to the maintenance of the harmony so happily re-established, and they will carefully avoid everything which may

affect it.

2. Treaties, &c.-All the treaties and conventions concluded between the Germanic Confederation and Denmark are by this present treaty re-established. 3. The high contracting parties reserve all the rights which reciprocally belonged to them before the war.

4. Holstein. After the conclusion of the present treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark, as Duke of Holstein, in conformity with the federal laws, shall be in a position to claim the intervention of the Germanic Confederation to assist in re-establishing the execution of his legitimate authority in Holstein, at the same time, however, communicating his intentions with respect to the pacification of that country. If the Confederation shall not deem it its duty

to interfere for the present, or if its intervention shall prove inefficacious, His Majesty the King of Denmark shall be at liberty to extend military measures to Holstein, and to employ for this purpose his military forces.

5. Germanic Confederation. Within the space of six months after the signing of this treaty, His Majesty the King of Denmark and the Germanic Confederation shall appoint commissioners, in order to determine, according to the documents and the proofs thereunto relating, the limits of the territories of His Majesty comprised within the Germanic Confederation, and of those which belong thereunto.

6. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereto exchanged at Berlin, within the space of three weeks, or sooner, if possible.

In faith of which the minister of the mediating power and the respective plenipotentiaries have signed the present treaty, and fixed thereto their seals. Given at Berlin, July 2, 1850,

WESTMORELAND,

Von USEDOM.

F. Von PECHLIN,

Von REEDTZ,
A. W. SCHEEL,

NAVIGATION.

The Minister of Commerce at Berlin has drawn up a statistical table of navigation in Prussia. The return is less in 1852 than in 1851. In 1851 the import navigation trade gave the figures-6,983 vessels, of the amount of 557,724 tonnage, and of which 3,954 had an effective freightage of 310,189 tons, The export trade was-vessels, 5,884; tonnage, 496,949. In 1852 the number of vessels that entered was 5,650; tonnage, 457,305; of which 3,948 had cargoes to the amount of 316,057 tons. The export trade was-vessels, 5,737; tonnage, 481,672; and of which 4,519 vessels had cargoes of 368,974. The increase on the whole statement is 572 vessels and 218,942 tonnage-the difference between 1,678 vessels, with 832,466 tonnage, and 1,106 vessels, with 613,524 tonnage. Of this increase, nearly the entire amount arises from an augmented trade with the Australian colonies and New Zealand.

MEMEL.

Berlin, Feb. 26, 1854. Memel is just now the chief port of shipment for Russian tallow, hemp, and flax; the high price of the former in London has already led to its transport over-land to that port, so as to admit of taking advantage of the early open navigation. The house of Loder and Co., in St. Petersburg, is reported to have netted 150,000. solely on the advanced price of their stock of tallow in London. A good deal of the hemp and flax just lately brought into Memel had been lying in Riga on English account, and has just been removed to the latter place as a measure of precaution. We are informed on Hamburg authority, that a number of English masters of trading vessels have applied there to become citizens of that free republic, so as to be on the safe neutral side when hostilities break out between England and Russia.-Cor.

PRINCIPAL ARTICLES.

ZOLLVEREIN.

COTTON YARN, unmixed or mixed, unbleached, one or two threads, and waddings, 110 lb.

LINEN YARN, bleached or dyed, 1101 lb.

thread, 110 lb.

LINEN MANUFACTURES:

raw twilling and drilling, 1101 lb.

ribbons, batiste, borders, fringes, gauze, cambric, woven

trimmings, laces, stockings, &c. &c., 1101 lb.

thread lace, 1101 lb.

COFFEE, 1101 lb.

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