The authors of works of literature or of art, to
whom the laws of either of the two countries do now,
or may hereafter, give the right of property or
copyright, shall be entitled to exercise that right in the
territories of the other country for the same term and
to the same extent as the authors of works of the same
nation if published in the other country would therein
be entitled to exercise such right. The representatives
and assigns of authors, &c., are to enjoy the same
rights as the authors, &c., themselves. And the
protection granted to original works is extended to translations.
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 his translation,
be entitled to protection from the publication in the
other country of any translation of such work not
authorised by him, if the original work shall have been
registered and deposited in the one country within three
months after its first publication in the other, and if the
author has notified on the title-page of his work his intention
to reserve the right of translating it, provided a part
at least of the translation shall have appeared within a
year after the registration and deposit, and the whole
within three years after the date of the deposit. As to
works published in parts, the right is to be reserved in
the first part; but as to the period of five years for the
exercise of the exclusive right, each part is to be treated
as a separate work. All the foregoing stipulations are
to be applicable to the representation of dramatic works,
and the performance of musical compositions. Articles
extracted from newspapers or periodicals of either
country may be republished or translated in the
newspapers or periodicals of the other, provided the source
whence the same are taken be acknowledged, unless the
authors thereof shall have notified in the journal or
periodical that they forbid the republication. The
importation into, and the sale in either of the two
countries of piratical copies of works protected from
piracy, are prohibited; and in the event of an infraction
of the foregoing stipulations, the pirated works or articles
shall be seized and destroyed, and the infringers shall be
liable to the penalties prescribed for such offence
committed in respect of a work or production of home
origin. If the work be one that has first appeared in
France, it must be registered at Stationers' hall, in
London; if in the dominions of Her Majesty, then at
the Bureau de la Librarie of the Minister of the Interior,
at Paris. And with respect to the duties payable on
importation, it is understood that all works published
in France, of which any part may have been originally
produced in the United Kingdom, shall be considered
as works originally produced in the United Kingdom
and republished in France, unless such original matter
shall be equal at least in bulk to the part of the work
originally produced in the United Kingdom.

Boston, in the United States, is about to have the
advantage of an Alarm Electric Telegraph, by means of
which immediate notice of any fire can be given to all
the fire-engine stations in the city. Forty-nine miles of
wire have been stretched over the city and across an arm
of the sea. There will be forty signal-boxes where an
alarm can be given.

The following statistics have been published respecting
Coffee. Coffee was originally grown in Abyssinia, and
not introduced into Arabia until about the year 1450;
from whence it was brought into this country about two
centuries later by a Turkey merchant, named Edwards.
From Arabia the cultivation of the plant spread into the
various countries in which it is now grown; and in
those countries the produce has now reached the
enormous quantity of 476,000,000 pounds yearly. Of
this quantity Brazil produces 176,000,000 pounds; Java,
124,000,000 pounds; Cuba and Porto Rico, 30,000,000
pounds; St. Domingo, 35,000,000 pounds; La Guayra,
&c., 35,000,000 pounds; British West Indies, 8,000,000
pounds; Ceylon, 40,000,000 pounds; Malabar and
Mysore, 5,000,000 pounds; French and Dutch West
Indies, 2,000,000 pounds; Phillippines, 3,000,000 pounds;
Sumatra, 5,000,000 pounds; Celebes, 1,000,000 pounds;
Costa Rica, 9,000,000 pounds; Arabia, 3,000,000 pounds;
total, 476,000,000 pounds. Valued at 50s. per hundred-
weight, and estimating the quantity which pays European
duty—threepence per pound—at 300,000,000 pounds,
the Governments of Europe derive from coffee a
revenue of £3,700,000, and the consumers pay nearly
twenty millions sterling. The consumption in England
in 1850 amounted to 31,226,840 pounds, or 1·33 pounds
per head of the population—less than one-half the
consumption of tea: the consumption of coffee in America
is four times that of tea.

A public meeting of the inhabitants of St. Giles's
in the Fields and St. George's Bloomsbury, on the
subject of the Metropolitan Interment Act, was held at
the Store Street rooms on the 20th. It was convened
by the parochial association in consequence of its having
been stated by Lord John Russell and the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, in answer to the deputation headed by
the Bishop of London, that the Board of Health was not
in a position to carry out the Metropolitan Interment
Act, by reason of its being unable to borrow a sufficient
sum of money without applying to parliament for
further powers. Mr. Moore proposed a resolution,
"That the continuance of burials in the already over-
crowded grave-yards of the metropolis was a source of
great danger to the public health; and the Board of
Health, being unable to carry into effect the act of
parliament intended to remove the evil, it was the duty
of the metropolitan parishes to secure the benefit of
efficient and economical extramural interment, and to
oppose the extortionate demands of incumbents in
respect of burial fees as compensation for the same."
Mr. J. Rogers seconded the resolution, which was
supported by several gentlemen interested in sanitary
measures, and was ultimately agreed to. Mr. Fowler
then entered into a long statement of the plan proposed
by the London Necropolis and National Mausoleum
Company, and a resolution was passed to the effect
that the meeting considered the proposed plan highly
deserving the support of these and all the metropolitan
parishes.

The sixty-third annual meeting of the subscribers to
the City Dispensary was held on the 21st at the
board room of the institution. It appeared from
the report that during the past year 9648 patients
had been cured or relieved, 54 died, 32 discharged
for irregularity, and 1050 remained under treatment,
making a total of 10,784 poor persons who had received
medical aid from the institution during the past year;
and since the year 1789 the number of 316,227 patients
had been cured or relieved, and upwards of 90,000 visits
paid to patients at their own houses. The committee,
in their report, expressed their belief that much of the
improved state of the public health of the metropolis is
owing to the facility afforded by dispensaries of checking
incipient sickness.

A return just published prepared from official
documents, shows the rapid Progress of the Port of Bristol.
It appears that the increase on the customs' revenue for
the year ending 5th January, 1852, over that for the
previous year, amounts to 48,804, which is equal to one-
third of the total general average of the customs' revenue
for the same period. The increase of direct importation
for the year is £62,241, and the tonnage return of shipping
shows a remarkable increase. The following is the
return:—Bristol customs' revenue for the years ending
5th January, 1851-1852:—1850-1, direct importation,
£883,116; indirect (or brought coastwise under bond),
£218,775; total, £1,051,891. 1851-2, direct importation,
£895,357; indirect, £205,338; total £1,100,695. This
gives the increase as above £48,804. The total increase
of the general customs' revenue amounts for the year
to £146,189. The increase upon shipping with foreign
cargoes of 1851 over the return for 1850 was 2339 tons;
while the increase upon the tonnage of vessels with
cargoes to foreign ports, was for the same period, 11,877
tons. This return is considered highly satisfactory, the
improvement of the port having for some years been
progressing.

The Commissioners for the Sale of Encumbered
Estates in Ireland sat on the 24th instant for the
disposal of five properties. The attendance of speculators
was very numerous, and the competition for the different
lots unusually brisk. An estate in Roscommon, yielding
a yearly rental of £474 subject to annuity of £70,
realised £4375. The Cavan estates of Mr. H. Martyn