of abode of the proprietor of the copyright of the said book, or of any portion of such copyright in the form in that behalf given in the schedule to this act annexed, upon payment of the sum of five shillings to the officer of the said company; and that it shall be lawful for every such registered proprietor to assign his interest or any portion of his interest therein, by making entry in the said book of registry of such assignment, and of the name and place of abode of the assignee thereof, in the form given in that behalf in the said schedule, on payment of the like sum; and such assignment so entered shall be effectual in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever, without being subject to any stamp or duty, and shall be of the same force and effect as if such assignment had been made by deed. XIV. Persons aggrieved by any entry in the book of registry may apply to a court of law in term, or judge in vacation, who may order such entry to be varied or expunged. XV. And be it enacted, That if any person shall, in any part of the British dominions, after the passing of this act, print or cause to be printed, either for sale or exportation, any book in which there shall be subsisting copyright, without the consent in writing of the proprietor thereof, or shall import for sale or hire any such book so having been unlawfully printed from parts beyond the sea, or, knowing such book to have been so unlawfully printed or imported, shall sell, publish, or expose to sale or hire, or cause to be sold, published, or exposed to sale or hire, or shall have in his possession, for sale or hire, any such VOL. LXXXIV. book so unlawfully printed or imported, without such consent as aforesaid, such offender shall be liable to a special action on the case at the suit of the proprietor of such copyright, to be brought in any court of record in that part of the British dominions in which the offence shall be committed: provided always, that in Scotland such offender shall be liable to an action in the Court of Session in Scotland, which shall and may be brought and prosecuted in the same manner in which any other action of damages to the like amount may be brought and prosecuted there. XVI. In actions for piracy the defendant to give notice of the objection to the plaintiff's title on which he means to rely. XVII. And be it enacted, That after the passing of this act it shall not be lawful for any person, not being the proprietor of the copyright, or some person authorized by him, to import into any part of the United Kingdom, or into any other part of the British dominions, for sale or hire, any printed book first composed or written or printed and published in any part of the said United Kingdom, wherein there shall be copyright, and re-printed in any country or place whatsoever out of the British dominions; and if any person, not being such proprietor or person authorized as aforesaid, shall import or bring, or cause to be imported, or brought, for sale or hire, any such printed book, into any part of the British dominions, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, or shall knowingly sell, publish, or expose to sale or let to hire, or have in his possession for sale or hire, any such book, then every such book shall be forfeited, and 2 D shall be seized by any officer of Customs or Excise, and the same shall be destroyed by such officer; and every person so offending, being duly convicted thereof before two justices of the peace for the county or place in which such book shall be found, shall also for every such offence forfeit the sum of ten pounds, and double the value of every copy of such book which he shall so import or cause to be imported into any part of the British dominions, or shall know ingly sell, publish, or expose to sale or let to hire, or shall cause to be sold, published, or exposed to sale or let to hire, or shall have in his possession for sale or hire, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this act, five pounds to the use of such officer of Customs or Excise, and the remainder of the penalty to the use of the proprietor of the copyright in such book. XVIII. And be it enacted, That when any publisher or other per son shall, before or at the time of the passing of this act, have pro jected, conducted, and carried on, or shall hereafter project, conduct, and carry on, or be the proprietor of any encyclopædia, review, magazine, periodical work, or work published in a series of books or parts, or any book whatsoever, and shall have employed or shall employ any persons to compose the same, or any volumes, parts, essays, articles, or portions thereof, for publication in or as part of the same, and such work, volumes, parts, essays, articles, or portions shall have been or shall hereafter be composed under such employ ment, on the terms that the copy right therein shall belong to such proprietor, projector, publisher, or conductor, and paid for by such proprietor, projector, publisher, or conductor, the copyright in every such encyclopædia, review, magazine, periodical work, and work published in a series of books or parts, and in every volume, part, essay, article, and portion so composed and paid for, shall be the property of such proprietor, projector, publisher, or other conductor, who shall enjoy the same rights as if he were the actual author thereof, and shall have such term of copyright therein as is given to the authors of books by this act; except only that in the case of essays, articles, or portions forming part of and first published in reviews, magazines, or other periodical works of a like nature, after the term of twentyeight years from the first publication thereof respectively the right of publishing the same in a separate form shall revert to the author for the remainder of the term given by this act: provided always, that during the term of twenty-eight years the said proprietor, projector, publisher, or conductor shall not publish any such essay, article, or portion sepa rately or singly without the consent previously obtained of the author thereof, or his assigns: provided also, that nothing herein contained shall alter or affect the right of any person who shall have been or who shall be so employed as aforesaid to publish any such his composition in a separate form, who by any contract, express or implied, may have reserved or may hereafter reserve to himself such right; but every author reserving, retaining, or having such right shall be entitled to the copyright in such composition when published in a separate form, according to this act, without prejudice to the right of such proprietor, projector, publisher, or conductor as aforesaid. XIX. And be it enacted, That the proprietor of the copyright in any encyclopædia, review, magazine, periodical work, or other work published in a series of books or parts, shall be entitled to all the benefits of the registration at Stationers Hall under this act, on entering in the said book of registry the title of such encyclopædia, review, periodical work, or other work published in a series of books or parts, the time of the first publication of the first volume, number, or part thereof, or of the first number or volume first published after the passing of this act in any such work which shall have been published heretofore, and the name and place of abode of the proprie tor thereof, and of the publisher thereof, when such publisher shall not also be the proprietor thereof. XX. The provisions of 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 15, extended to musical compositions, and the term of copyright, as provided by this act, applied to the liberty of representing dramatic pieces and musical composition.s. XXI.* Proprietors of right of dramatic representations shall have all the remedies given by 3 & 4 W. 4, c. 15. XXII. And be it enacted, That no assignment of the copyright of any book consisting of or containing a dramatic piece or musical composition shall be holden to convey to the assignee the right of representing or performing such dramatic piece or musical composition, unless an entry in the said registry book shall be made of such assignment, wherein shall be expressed the intention of the parties that such right should pass by such assignment. XXIII. And be it enacted, That all copies of any book wherein there shall be copyright, and of which entry shall have been made in the said registry book, and which shall have been unlawfully printed or imported without the consent of the registered proprietor of such copyright, in writing under his hand first obtained, shall be deemed to be the property of the proprietor of such copyright, and who shall be registered as such, and such registered proprietor shall, after demand thereof in writing, be entitled to sue for and recover the same, or damages for the detention thereof, in an action of detinue, from any party who shall detain the same, or to sue for and recover damages for the conversion thereof in an action of trover. XXIV. No proprietor of copyright commencing after this act shall sue to proceed for any infringement before making entry in the book of registry. Proviso for dramatic pieces. XXV And be it enacted, That all copyright shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transmissible by bequest, or, in case of intestacy, shall be subject to the same law of distribution as other personal property, and in Scotland shall be deemed to be personal and moveable estate. XXVI. Limitation of actions; not to extend to actions, &c., in respect of the delivery of books. XXVII.* Saving the rights of the Universities, and the Colleges of Eton, Westminster, and Winchester. XXVIII.* Saving alls ubsisting rights, contracts, and engagements. XXIX. Extent of the act. XXX.* Act may be amended this session. 2 D 2 The following clauses of the Customs Act 5 & 6 Vic. c. 47, prohibit the introduction of pirated editions of works of which the copyright still exists. XXII. And whereas by the said last-mentioned act books first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country, imported for sale, except books not reprinted in the United Kingdom within twenty years, or being parts of collections the greater parts of which had been composed or written abroad, are absolutely prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom: and whereas great abuse has prevailed with respect to the introduction into this country for private use of such works so reprinted abroad, to the great injury of the authors thereof and of others; be it therefore enacted, That from and after the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-three so much of the said act as is lastly herein before recited shall be repealed. XXIV. And be it enacted, That from and after the said first day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty-three all books wherein the copyright shall be subsisting, first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or reprinted in any other country, shall be and the same are hereby absolutely prohibited to be imported into the United Kingdom. XXV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That no such book shall be prohibited to be imported unless the proprietor of such copyright or his agent shall give notice in writing to the Commissioners of Customs that such copyright subsists, and in such notice shall state when such copyright shall expire; and the said Commissioners of Customs shall cause to be made, and to be publicly exposed at the several ports of the United Kingdom from time to time, printed lists of the works respecting which such notice shall have been duly given, and of which such copyright shall not have expired. DESPATCHES. DESPATCHES AND PAPERS RELATING TO MILITARY OPERATIONS IN AFFGHANISTAN. I.-POLITICAL. SIR W. H. MACNAGHTEN, BART., ENVOY AND MINISTER AT THE COURT OF SHAH SHOOJA, TO T. H. MADDOCK, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNment of India. Cabul, Oct. 26, 1841. Sir, I have now the honour to report the circumstances attending the recent rebellion of certain of the Eastern Ghilzie Chiefs. 2. The first intimation I received of this rebellion was about three weeks ago, to the effect that the chiefs had suddenly left Cabul; and, the day after, I learnt that they had stopped a caravan on the high road, and had taken the property and its owners to the hills, at a distance from the road. 3. I immediately waited upon his Majesty, and prevailed upon him to send the governor, Humza Khan, with a message to the rebels, inviting them to return to their allegiance, and promising redress of any real grievance they might have sustained. This mission failed of success, because Humza Khan was the chief instigator of the rebellion. 4. Two reasons have been assigned for this rebellion. First, the reduction of the allowances of the Ghilzie chiefs; and, secondly, the engagement that was required of them to be responsible for robberies by the Eastern Ghilzies, wherever committed. I was 5. On the first point I may observe that the necessities of his Majesty, and the frequent prohibitions I had received against further reliance on the resources of the British Government, appeared to admit of no alternative. assured that the chiefs had admitted the justice of, and cheerfully acquiesced in, the reduction; moreover, that, after the reduction was effected, the chiefs would, in consequence of the enhanced value of grain, receive larger allowances than they did in the time of Dost Mahomed. 6. On the second point, I am compelled to state that the grievance of the chiefs was well founded. Their liabilities should have been only co-extensive with their respective jurisdictions. Unfortunately they never represented their grievance to me. They have been prohibited from visiting me by the before-named governor, on the part of the Shah (Humza Khan), a worthless man, alike inimical to us and to his Majesty. The good result of the recent rebellion, is the disgrace and imprisonment of this man. His father was killed in the Shah's service; and his |