The Express.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL SHARE MARKETS.

LTVERPOOL, OCT. 20.—Sales to-nuy :—Lancaster and Csrliale,
204—London and North Western, 921 3—Midland Stock, 120$
—South Eastern Stock, 643—Groat Eastern Rive per Cent. hew.
107 71--Great Luxembourg, 141—Itsie ex anunsment, 371—
Alliance (limited,, 71 3 p.—Queen Inaursace, p —Royal In.
Stirllloo. 4 p.—Thames in.! Mersey Marine, 21 p.—Liverpool Ex-
ErsPh R
change Build:hip, 1/ d.—British and Irish Magnetic Tele-
. 551.

Mr. Sheridan Knowles isat present suffering from
severe and, it is feared, dangerous illness. He has been
staying for some time at Matlock, in Derbyshire, but it
VIA found necessary, on amount of increasing debility, to
have him removed to Torquay.
Bozorroa or GREENWICH. —Mr. Alderman Salo-
mon. will address his constituents on Thursday evening, at
the Lecture-hall, Greenwich.
REPRESENTATION or EAST KLINIT . —ln our last
we copied • paragraph from the Canterbury papers to the
effect that Mr. Diodes would not stand again as a candi-
date and that Sir Norton Kuatchbull was prepared with
Sir Brook Bridges to contest the division in the conservative
iuterest, against Sir E. Dering and Mr. Knatchbull Huges-
len in the liberal interest. We have it on the best authority
that this statement is altogether premature. Mr. Deedes
has not intimated his intention to retire, and there is no
truth whatever in the statement respecting Sir Norton
Knatchbull. There is, however, • general belief in most
political circles that two candidates, and probably the two
gentlemen abovenamed, will be put forward in the liberal
interest, and also that in case of a contest Mr. Deedes
would certainly retire. From this, no doubt, has arisen the
paragraphs we have alluded to.—Maidstone Journal.
THE VICAR.AOII OF LOWESTOFT. —The important
and valuable vicarage of Lowestoft, Suffolk, rendered vacant
by the resignation of the Rev. F. M. Cunningham, has been
conferred by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Norwich on the Rev. Charles Herbert, late vicar of Buralem,
Staffordshire, • strong " Evangelical."
THE FERNCH OCCUPATION or ROME.—A public
meeting of the working men of Marylebooe was held last
evening at the Cleveland Institution, Cleveland-street,
' Fitzroy-square, Mr. Nicholay in the chair, for the purpose
of protesting against the French occupation of Rome. The
meeting was a very united one. The first resolution was
moved by Mr. Washington Willis, declaring that the occu-
pation of Rime by the Emperor of the French was • viola-
tion of the principles of non-intervention, and ought to be
put an end to. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Mackay,
and carried with about half a-dozen diesentienta A second
resolution was adopted—" That her Majesty's government
be memorialised to use their best influence with the French
government to withdraw the French troops from Rome."
Mr. Nicholay, in returning thanks for • vote passed to him
for presiding, said • movement was going on amongst the
ratepayers of Masylebone for a requisition to the vestry to
grant the use of the Court-house for a further meeting on the
Roman question, and he had no doubt that the vestry would
grant the use of the building for that purpose.
BISUOPSOATE YOUNG MEN'S Socigry.—The fifth
annual session of this association, which was established to
afford the young men of London the means of intellectual
recreation and improvement after business hours, was com-
menced, under the presidency of the Rev. J. Sidney, M.A.,
, on Saturday evening, with a lecture, exhibiting considerable
talent and great research, by Mr. J. Simpson, of Edgware,
on " Marriage Customs and Ceremonies." The lecture-
hall was filled to overflowing, and the audience were highly
pleased. Altogether the commencement was • perfect
success.

NATIONAL TEMPERANCE LEAGUE.—On Sunday
hat 47 sermons were preached in connexion with this asap.
elation ; nine in London, three at Manchester, and the re.
mninder at Gloucester, Bristol, Swansea, Cardiff, Chester,
Worcester, Bandar', Walsall, Newcastle-on-Tyne, South
Shields. Spalding, Louth, Peterborough, Bedford, Luton,
St. Albans, and nineteen other places. Fifteen of the
preachers were churchmen, sixteen baptists-nine indepen-
dents, four methodists, ancithree_preSbyterians
THE END OF THE LONG VACATION.-011 Friday
next the long vacation will terminate, when the several
common law offices will resume bindings in preparation for
the coming Michaelmas Term, commencing on the 2nd, or
rather Monday, the 3rd proximo. The Chancery emotion
will not end for some days later. But for the Judges'
Chambers sitting two days in each week there would have
scarcely been any indication of life in the legal profession.
Proceeding,' in actions have slumbered for some time, but
arrangements meat be made before the 24th instant, or
parties will be entitled to costs for declarations, and after so
long a rest attorneys are not inclined to forego their privi-
leges. The arrears in Chancery and in the common law
courts are not considerable.
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PATENTS AND PATZNTEn.—It is not long 1111100
• number of men, more or less prominent, were declaim-
ing against patents and urging their entire abolition. In-
yentas, we were told, were not entitled to monopolies, and
really needed no protection. " Sweep away the patent
laws,' said Sir William Armstrong and him disciples, and
the prestige of successful invention will sufficiently reward
the inventor." It is not exactly shown how an investor was
to realise a fortune from an unprotected invention, nor was
it, indeed, shown in what " prestige" really consisted. Sir
William rid in substance if not in so many words,
" Look at me ; I am an inventor ; I have succeeded with.
out protection." But be was not an inventor, and his
success has come rather through fortune and worldly
wisdom than through the recognition and appre-
ciation of his merits by the public at large. The No-
odled Armstrong gun in no more his invention than it is
that of Lord Dundreary, and it is now more than question.
able whether, if Sir William had really invented it, it could
do him soy great credit. There were circumstances which
plowed him in a goad position with the late Sir Benjamin
Hawes, sod a premature knightlood and a fat contract are
the results. Sir William has no right to speak for inven-
tors. He is not of them, albeit he has shown great aptitude
in assimilating inventions, and respeztable mechanical skill
in working them into shape. Even the many failures of
the Bhiwick and Woolwich guns do not disentitle Sir Wil-
liam to the rank of a first-class mechanical engineer, but an
inventor he is not, and, indeed, his famous attack upon the
rights of inventors was inconsistent with any notion to the

contrary.—/Nrinivr.
CITI 07 LONDON HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES Or THE
CHEST, VICTOSIA-PARIL—The timber of patients relieved
at thia inatitutioo during last week was 1,009, of which 163
were new Met.

_ROYAL FRKI HOSPITAL, G/LAT'S-IWX-ROAD.
The number of patients relieved A this hospital daring the
week ending October 18 was 2,420, of which 859 were new
OWL

611Y8TAL PALACE.—ONE SHILLING DAY.—MoN-
DAT, Gee. 20.—Adminicem on payment, 4,701; ditto by
memos tiakeis. 736 ; total, 5,436.