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The Week.
and Italy for the preservation of copyright in literary and artistic property . This convention is described by the Paris Constitetionnel as the most comprehensive one of the kind that has yet been made . "Henceforth the authors of books , pamphlets , or other writings , of musical compositions , drawings , paintings , sculpture , engravings , lithographs , and of all other analogous productions in literature or the arts , will reciprocally enjoy in each of the two States the advantages attributed to them btho
y laws on the proprietorship of literary and artistic works , and have the same protection and legal remedy against any infringement of their rights as if the works were published for the first time in the country itself . The copyright in musical works extends to the compositions known as arrangements hased upon airs extracted from the same works . The visit of Prince Napoleon to Naples is represented bthe
y Discussione of Turin as undertaken with a view to inquire into the political condition of Southern Italy , and to report upon it to the Emperor . On this report , it is hinted , important political consequences are to depend . Prince Napoleon is a very able man , but by what process , during a few days' sojourn iu a Naples palace , under the care of Italian generals and
functionaries , he is to arrive at any knowledge of the condition of Southern Italy other than as the functionaries and generals choose to describe it to him quite passes our comprehension to understand . The great probability seems to us to be that Prince Napoleon ' s visit has no political object , or if it have any , one quite different from that thus attributed to it . Many assassinations having lately been committed in Sicily , the Italian government has ordered that the Sicilian population , with the
exception of the national guards , shall be completely disarmed . Another letter from tbe late Count Cavour has transpired . It is not stated to whom the document was addressed , but it is under any circumstances , curious . The Count indicates four proposals made by England to France , the first and most important of which was , that there should be no military interference in the infernal affairs of Italy on the part of France or Austria , except in the event of its being invited by the five great European Powers . Fresh rumours are afloat of an effort being made by the Austrian Government to come to terms with Hungary , and Count Forgach , the Hungarian Chancellor , is said to
be actually engaged with the popular leaders at Pesth in endeavouring to obtain a basis of compromise . Senor Alhama , whose prosecution by the Spanish authorities for his Protestant opinions has attracted so much attention in England , has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by the Court at Grenada ; but his fellow-prisoners were acquitted , and he has lodged an appeal against his sentence . A telegram from Lisbon announces the arrival of the youthful Queen in the Tagus at noon
on Sunday . A subsequent telegram announces the marriage , celebrated by the Patriarch . A banquet was afterwards given . At tho sitting of tbe Council of State at AVai-saw on the 1 st inst ., the Grand Duke of Constantine stated that the late lamentable occurrences ( alluding to the late serious attempts at assasination ) had not shaken the good intentions of the Government . He expressed his regret that respect for the law had prevented him from exercising the prerogative of pardon ,
hut he added that only 69 Polish political prisoners out of 468 were still expiating their offencee . The Journal of St . Petersburgh announces the expatriation of Count Zamoyski . After explaining the circumstances under which the Count was summoned to St . Petersburgb , in concludes by stating that for the present the Emperor has considered his return to Warsaw inconvenient , as his name might be made tbe watchword b y the party of disorder , and , therefore , he will travel for a period " in foreign parts . The political crisis in Prussia still continues , iris
ana , nop considered a good sign ot its iavourabfe issue that the Crown Prince and Princess , after a visit to Queen Victoria at Coburg , are announced as about to proceed on a lengthened tour in Switzerland and Italy . Count Eulen has been appointed Minister of Commerce . The party of progress and the left centre , "by which we are to understand the more advanced Liberals , have unanimously adopted the proposition that the Government shall submit the Budget of 1863 in time to admit
of its being voted before the money is actually wanted , and that any money spent by the Government , which had been refused by the house , would be unconstitutional . It remains to be seen whether this resolution , which will of course raise the question of a coup d'etat , jwill be adopted by the other parts of the Chamber . It appears that the . Hanoverian Government has not , as was reported , refused to enter into the Franco-Prussian treaty .
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AMERICA . —Important intelligence , though of a political rather than of a military nature , has been brought by . the Australasian . President Lincoln had issued a proclamation , dated the 22 nd ult ., declaring that on the 1 st of January , 1863 , " all persons held as slaves within any state , the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States , shall be then , thenceforward , aud for ever free ; " and the Federal government will recognise and maintain their freedom , and " will do no act or
acts to repress such persons , or any of them , iu any efforts they may make for their actual freedom . " This declaration is preceded by a preamble affirming that the war is and will be " prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between , the United States and tho people thereof in which states that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed , " and that President Lincoln will again recommend Congress to grant pecuniary aid to any states not in rebellion which may
voluntarily abolish slavery , and will continue his endeavours to colonise persons of African descent beyond the limits of the United States . On the 1 st of January next , President Lincoln will issue another proclamation , naming the states , or parts of states , of which the people are deemed to be in rebellion against the United States ; and in due time he will recommend that all citizens who have remained loyal shall be " compensated for all losses by acts of the United States , including the loss of
slaves . " Meanwhile , the officers of the Federal army and navy are enjoined to observe the provisions of the acts of Congress , declaring that all slaves of persons engaged in the rebellion against the United States are to he deemed free if they come within the power of the Federal authorities . By the arrival of the Bohemian , we have news from New York to the evening of the 29 th of September . The anti-slavery proclamation of President Lincoln appeared to meet with general approval . The governors of sixteen States had expressed their satisfaction at it , and their determination to
uphold his constitutional authority . The Governor of Maryland had , however , objected to sign the address approving of the proclamation , and the Louisi ille Journal had declared that Kentucky would never acquiesce in the proclamation . The Federals , at last accounts , had not crossed tbe Potomac . They were expected to go into winter quarters . The Confederates claim the victory at Antietam Creek , and say the retreat across the river was to avoid a flank movement by M'Clellan . It was
rumoured that by another draft the Federal army would be raised to 1 , 000 , 000 men . At New Orleans General Butler had ordered all foreigners to paesent themselves to the Provost-Marshal with evidence of their nationality to be registered . Preparations were being made to burn the city of Memphis if attacked . There had been a "difficulty" between two Federal generals at Louisville , General Davis and General Nelson had quarrelledand the latter was shot dead by the former .
, Messrs . Shdell and Mason have published , in the Paris papers , a declaration that they have no official knowledge of their recall from Europe by the Government of the Southern Confederacy . It may be that President Jefferson Davis does not deem it expedient to comply with the Confederate Congress's resolution , recommending that the Commissienors be recalled from Europe . CnrxA AND IKDIA . —A telegram has been received
anticipating the advices brought by the Calcutta and China mail ; but the intelligence has little or no political interest . The Taeping rebels were said to be be once more obstructing the conveyance of silk to Shanghae : but the American Colonel Ward , who commands a body of disciplined Chinese in the Imperial service , had captured three cities , and obtained a victory in the field . Apprehensions were still entertained in Japan that there would be an outbreak of the party hostile to intercourse with foreigners and the gaurds of the British and French Legations had been strengthened ; but the Japanese government was believed to be doing its utmost to maintain order .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
J . H . G . — . Write to the brother . The law is distinct upon tbe subject . J . S . —You arc right . In Ireland the Master and Officers are elected for six months . G . AV . M . has been replied to by letter . H . G . is thanked . His communication will prove highly acceptable . i
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The Week.
and Italy for the preservation of copyright in literary and artistic property . This convention is described by the Paris Constitetionnel as the most comprehensive one of the kind that has yet been made . "Henceforth the authors of books , pamphlets , or other writings , of musical compositions , drawings , paintings , sculpture , engravings , lithographs , and of all other analogous productions in literature or the arts , will reciprocally enjoy in each of the two States the advantages attributed to them btho
y laws on the proprietorship of literary and artistic works , and have the same protection and legal remedy against any infringement of their rights as if the works were published for the first time in the country itself . The copyright in musical works extends to the compositions known as arrangements hased upon airs extracted from the same works . The visit of Prince Napoleon to Naples is represented bthe
y Discussione of Turin as undertaken with a view to inquire into the political condition of Southern Italy , and to report upon it to the Emperor . On this report , it is hinted , important political consequences are to depend . Prince Napoleon is a very able man , but by what process , during a few days' sojourn iu a Naples palace , under the care of Italian generals and
functionaries , he is to arrive at any knowledge of the condition of Southern Italy other than as the functionaries and generals choose to describe it to him quite passes our comprehension to understand . The great probability seems to us to be that Prince Napoleon ' s visit has no political object , or if it have any , one quite different from that thus attributed to it . Many assassinations having lately been committed in Sicily , the Italian government has ordered that the Sicilian population , with the
exception of the national guards , shall be completely disarmed . Another letter from tbe late Count Cavour has transpired . It is not stated to whom the document was addressed , but it is under any circumstances , curious . The Count indicates four proposals made by England to France , the first and most important of which was , that there should be no military interference in the infernal affairs of Italy on the part of France or Austria , except in the event of its being invited by the five great European Powers . Fresh rumours are afloat of an effort being made by the Austrian Government to come to terms with Hungary , and Count Forgach , the Hungarian Chancellor , is said to
be actually engaged with the popular leaders at Pesth in endeavouring to obtain a basis of compromise . Senor Alhama , whose prosecution by the Spanish authorities for his Protestant opinions has attracted so much attention in England , has been sentenced to nine years' imprisonment by the Court at Grenada ; but his fellow-prisoners were acquitted , and he has lodged an appeal against his sentence . A telegram from Lisbon announces the arrival of the youthful Queen in the Tagus at noon
on Sunday . A subsequent telegram announces the marriage , celebrated by the Patriarch . A banquet was afterwards given . At tho sitting of tbe Council of State at AVai-saw on the 1 st inst ., the Grand Duke of Constantine stated that the late lamentable occurrences ( alluding to the late serious attempts at assasination ) had not shaken the good intentions of the Government . He expressed his regret that respect for the law had prevented him from exercising the prerogative of pardon ,
hut he added that only 69 Polish political prisoners out of 468 were still expiating their offencee . The Journal of St . Petersburgh announces the expatriation of Count Zamoyski . After explaining the circumstances under which the Count was summoned to St . Petersburgb , in concludes by stating that for the present the Emperor has considered his return to Warsaw inconvenient , as his name might be made tbe watchword b y the party of disorder , and , therefore , he will travel for a period " in foreign parts . The political crisis in Prussia still continues , iris
ana , nop considered a good sign ot its iavourabfe issue that the Crown Prince and Princess , after a visit to Queen Victoria at Coburg , are announced as about to proceed on a lengthened tour in Switzerland and Italy . Count Eulen has been appointed Minister of Commerce . The party of progress and the left centre , "by which we are to understand the more advanced Liberals , have unanimously adopted the proposition that the Government shall submit the Budget of 1863 in time to admit
of its being voted before the money is actually wanted , and that any money spent by the Government , which had been refused by the house , would be unconstitutional . It remains to be seen whether this resolution , which will of course raise the question of a coup d'etat , jwill be adopted by the other parts of the Chamber . It appears that the . Hanoverian Government has not , as was reported , refused to enter into the Franco-Prussian treaty .
The Week.
AMERICA . —Important intelligence , though of a political rather than of a military nature , has been brought by . the Australasian . President Lincoln had issued a proclamation , dated the 22 nd ult ., declaring that on the 1 st of January , 1863 , " all persons held as slaves within any state , the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States , shall be then , thenceforward , aud for ever free ; " and the Federal government will recognise and maintain their freedom , and " will do no act or
acts to repress such persons , or any of them , iu any efforts they may make for their actual freedom . " This declaration is preceded by a preamble affirming that the war is and will be " prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between , the United States and tho people thereof in which states that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed , " and that President Lincoln will again recommend Congress to grant pecuniary aid to any states not in rebellion which may
voluntarily abolish slavery , and will continue his endeavours to colonise persons of African descent beyond the limits of the United States . On the 1 st of January next , President Lincoln will issue another proclamation , naming the states , or parts of states , of which the people are deemed to be in rebellion against the United States ; and in due time he will recommend that all citizens who have remained loyal shall be " compensated for all losses by acts of the United States , including the loss of
slaves . " Meanwhile , the officers of the Federal army and navy are enjoined to observe the provisions of the acts of Congress , declaring that all slaves of persons engaged in the rebellion against the United States are to he deemed free if they come within the power of the Federal authorities . By the arrival of the Bohemian , we have news from New York to the evening of the 29 th of September . The anti-slavery proclamation of President Lincoln appeared to meet with general approval . The governors of sixteen States had expressed their satisfaction at it , and their determination to
uphold his constitutional authority . The Governor of Maryland had , however , objected to sign the address approving of the proclamation , and the Louisi ille Journal had declared that Kentucky would never acquiesce in the proclamation . The Federals , at last accounts , had not crossed tbe Potomac . They were expected to go into winter quarters . The Confederates claim the victory at Antietam Creek , and say the retreat across the river was to avoid a flank movement by M'Clellan . It was
rumoured that by another draft the Federal army would be raised to 1 , 000 , 000 men . At New Orleans General Butler had ordered all foreigners to paesent themselves to the Provost-Marshal with evidence of their nationality to be registered . Preparations were being made to burn the city of Memphis if attacked . There had been a "difficulty" between two Federal generals at Louisville , General Davis and General Nelson had quarrelledand the latter was shot dead by the former .
, Messrs . Shdell and Mason have published , in the Paris papers , a declaration that they have no official knowledge of their recall from Europe by the Government of the Southern Confederacy . It may be that President Jefferson Davis does not deem it expedient to comply with the Confederate Congress's resolution , recommending that the Commissienors be recalled from Europe . CnrxA AND IKDIA . —A telegram has been received
anticipating the advices brought by the Calcutta and China mail ; but the intelligence has little or no political interest . The Taeping rebels were said to be be once more obstructing the conveyance of silk to Shanghae : but the American Colonel Ward , who commands a body of disciplined Chinese in the Imperial service , had captured three cities , and obtained a victory in the field . Apprehensions were still entertained in Japan that there would be an outbreak of the party hostile to intercourse with foreigners and the gaurds of the British and French Legations had been strengthened ; but the Japanese government was believed to be doing its utmost to maintain order .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
J . H . G . — . Write to the brother . The law is distinct upon tbe subject . J . S . —You arc right . In Ireland the Master and Officers are elected for six months . G . AV . M . has been replied to by letter . H . G . is thanked . His communication will prove highly acceptable . i