28 AUGUST 1858, Page 15

An international "Congress of Literary and Artistic Property" is to

be held at Brussels on the 27th of next month. The laws of different countries on these subjects vary considerably, and within the last few years there has been a disposition to recognize the rights of authorship. In May last a circular was put forth by a party of gentlemen in Brus- sels, who are called "the Committee of Organization"; in this circular we find named as members of the Committee persons of considerable standing in the Belgian capital ; and it requested that replies might be addressed to the Secretary-General of the Committee of Organization, namely, M. Edouard Romberg, Director of Industrial Affairs in the Ministry of the Interior atBrussela This circular proposed that a string Of questions should be laid before the meeting, which, in a more recent circular from the same persons, are classed under five heads—the recog- nition of international property in literary and artistical works ; the pro- perty of such works .in general ; the representation or execution of dra- matic and musical works; questions relative to arts of design; and tar- t= economical questions, such as customs-dues on books and works of art, drawbacks on works unsold, reduction of postages on printed works, &C.. The Committee does not propose to lay any plan dogmatically be- tam the meeting, but to elicit infbrmation, and report upon it.