The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-29 00:00:00

TALLOW MARKET.-TlllB DAY.

The Tallow mantel remains stalely, at the following
FrainTallowno,
se, 35sPetersburg Y.C. on the
old, 36.. 6d. ; 37e. ; October, to Member, 37e.;
Octob, r to December, separate entstbs, 37e. 6i.

THE NEW DEBIOBB Act —Among the statutes of
the re c.mt session was one passed on the 14,h inst., to ex-
tend and mood the ac's relating to the copyrght of designs.
D 'signs of nearly every description may now be " provi
sionelly registered" for one year, which registration will
confer peculiar benefit on the parties in the protection of the
designs, and prevent piracy. The exhibition of provisionally
registered designs ic any public place, such as the " Great
Exhibition." where articles are not exposed to sale, and to
" which the public are not admitted gratuitously," is not to
defeat the right of copyright in such &lilies. The sale of
article to which provisionally. register- d designs have been
applied, will defeat the copyright, but will not prevent the
party from sellieg the dodge. By this act sculpture, models,
Ito.. may be mask:med. The Baird of Trade is authorised to
make regnistbms fur the registration of designs. It seems
that the public books and documents in the Design-office
have been ter qeently produced in courts of law, and in
future such prodnetion is not to take place without a judge's
order; but copies may be given in evidence This statute
extends the protection of the designs sets of 1842 and 1843 to
a considerable extent.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUIIB.—The new net
for ensbliug town conecils to establish public libraries r d
museum, is new operating, having received the royal assent
on the close of the session. The act 8 and 9 Viet., cap. 43,
fir ensoursaing the establishment of muteness in large
towns, is repealed, and this act stay be ador ed in any muni-
cipal borough, the object being, as express, d, "to give
treater tacilieies then now exist for establi hien and t rend-
ing public museum of art and science in municipal
boroughs, for the instruction and recreation of the petiole."
In any borough, the populstwn of which tweeds 10,000,
the mayor, on the request of tab town council, mey ascer-
tain whether the act is to be adopted by the votes of the
burgesses, and when adopted all necessary things are to be
provided out of a rate of not more than ciao halfpenny in
the pound per year. The public) libraries and museums are
to be held by the Town Council in trust for the benefit of
the inhabitants. The admission to such libraries and mu-
seums is to be free of all charges. There are eleven sec-
tions in the set, and, notwi hstanding the former on. is re-
pealed, museums began or established may be maintained
under the present set.
SHOCILING DEATH FROM MACHlNERT.—Yesterday
an invemigaion tot k phee, before Mr. Payne, the City
C easter, at Gay's Hospital, on the body of William King,
aged 17, who died of lock jaw, under the fell eying melon
cooly circumstances. The deceased was in the employ of
Messrs. Miller, the extuirve horse-heir and fi ek manufac-
turers, in Lent-street, Borough. On Thursday week he
was engaged iu rolling some horse-hair, but haviog put too
mach into the machine, some portion of it got over the cog.
wheel, width the deceased went to get beck, when three of
big among were pulled in between the els of the wheel.
Having called out loudly, the engine was stopped, and the
three Apra were apparently hanging to the hand by a bit
of skin. He was tended by a surgeon until last Saturday,
when it was thought desirable to remote him to the holital.
Os Sandey, however, lock jaw set in, of which he died the
smile sight. Binge the ownerremer Meer,. Miller have had
Me gag wheel severed over to prevent intim neeldiate. The
Jury rstarsed a mast " Aselleatal itsalk"