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LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 24, 185

to wade
will be
birrecics.e.igveerd
fan in - If any of our readers have the courag-r
The splendid collection of animals,
and rep-
tiles at the Surrey Zoological Gardens has
orease by the recent parchase of a fine Ben-al through the proceedings of last evening ti v.)
those elegant birds the Stanley crane, s4erailli,o , our of rewarded by finding themselves, at the tenni* slim
of
boa-constrictors, &c. The entire menagerie is in porcupines, the discussion, just as far advanced as they• were at
minable order, and, irrespective of the other attraction:otf ad-
the commencement. There appears to be aa me dark
gardens, is well worthy the attention of the naturalist. determination on the part of the gallant / 3 ibernian
TIM RAILWAY COLLISION A T LONG EATos. phalanx ff, to try what can be e meted by
The seven sufferers from this unfortunate casualty, all in te
neighbourhood of Nottingham, are progressing much more Physically wearing out the other m embers of
favourably towards recovery than could have been expected, the Chamber. •We may reasonably anticipate,
not even excepting Mrs. Knight whose life was in great •
danger en Tuesday evening and Wednesday; nor Mr. Lang-
ham, whose leg it was anticipated would have to be iim- after a clear two days' rest, 1 ,hey will
jtted. Neither, however, can at present be said to be quite re-appear on y
gut of danger. Strange to say, the driver of the Nottingham like
giants the arena next Mondeants refreshed, with a recrui fed supply evening
train, who .:n the face of signals to the contrary', persisted in
Grossing th (junction, and ran into the coal train, thereby en- of ammunition and arms newly burnished We can-
ithunctiona Baletoth .
dangering full forty liv.s, still continues his duties,_ as not, indeed,
the flatteringw
though nothing of the kind had happened. It is said that conscience
eir sou il
souls
t r
thatea t ; tthheemmtaor lay tke directors are desirous of completely disposing of the
perseverance is to be worn through by
Clay-cross inquiry previously to proceeding with this, and of Ministerial
therefore have not suspended any of the parties supposed to the constant dripping of their clack. B
bib blameable.
tat when the

In the House of Lords, last evening,'an animated con-
versation, which however led to no result, took place
between the LORD CHANCELLOR, Lord CAMPBELL, Lord
BEAUMONT, and Lord CRANWORTH, on the subject of
the Registration of Assurances Bill.
Earl GREY, in answer to the Duke of RICHMOND,
made the important announcement of the discovery of
guano on the west coast of Australia, on which an export
duty of 21.103. per ton had been imposed by the local
Government, but which he had ordered to be reduced to
11. per ton.
After a discussion on prison discipline between the
Bishop of OXFORD and Earl GREY, their Lordships ad-
journed.
In the Commons, the House resolved itself into Com-
mittee on the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill.
Mr. T. DUNCOMBE moved that the first clause be
postponed until the House should be in possession of the
reseript or bull of the POPE alluded to in the Olt use.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the motion; this
legislation WO3 founded upon the notorious fact that
divers of her MAJESTY'S Roman Catholic subjects had
assumed these titles.
The motion, which was supported by Mr. PuOEBUCK,
Mr. KEOGH, and Mr. REYNOLDS, and opposed by the
ATTORNEY-GENERAL and Mr. WALPOLE, was negatived
on a division by 221 against 49.
On the first clause,
Sir F. THESIGER moved, instead of the words " the
said brief, &c." to insert the words "all such b clefs, &c."
intending to move corresponding amendmen tii in the
preamble; his object being, he said, to compehend all
similar rescripts which may have been issued prior to
the Bill within the terms of the declaratory (in actment
contained in this clause.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL explained that the Bill was
not intended to revive the statute of pramunire, but to
be a solemn declaration against this particultix act of
violence and aggression on the part of a foreign po-
tentate.
A long discussion ensued, in which the legal .co astruc-
tion and effects of the clause and the amendment were
very fully considered. At the suggestion of Mr. HEN-
LEY, Sir F. THESIGER consented to defer the motion
until the fate of an amendment in the press able an
nounced by Mr. WALPOLE, which had a concu.rx ent oh
ject, was decided.

The Earl Of ARUNDEL and SURREY theca moved
another amendment of the first clause, by the it isertion
of words expressly exempting from its operation the use
of such jurisdiction or title as shall be nece:sitary for
spiritual purposes.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL objected to this am e ndment.
The amendment was supported by Mr. MOO RR, Mr.
KEOGH, and Sir H. BARRON, and opposed k,y Lord
J. RUSSELL. On a division it was rejected. by 316
against 61.
_ _

Mr. &METH moved another amendment, liniiting the
operation of the clause to temporal purposes.
This amendment was also rejected, by 317 al p tinst 57.
A conversation took place upon a suggesti o:n of Sir
B. HALL, that there should be morning sitting* , in order
to relieve public business and get through this. Bill, to
which Lord J. RUSSELL objected, intimating, 'however,
that he relied upon the support of the House if such a
proposition should become absolutely necessar y.
The CHAIRMAN was then ordered to report p rogress;
to sit again on Monday.
The remaining orders and motions having b elm gone
through, the House adjourued at twenty min.rLtes past
One o'clock until Monday.

The soi-disant Archbishop of WESTMINST:I3I I is not
without his friends in Finsbury. Last en fight the
cudgels were taken up in opposition to the Mil tisterial
measure by Mr. THOMAS SLINGSBY DIU ICOMBE,
whose keen sense of propriety forbids him tsonscien-
tiously to countenance the progress of the flee t clause
until the "said" brief or rescript referred to ill it was
laid upon the table. We congratulate tb e Irish
Members on the acquisition of such a keen Paid com-
prehensive a reasoner as the Hon. Member fi Jr Fins-
bury, although he was unable to overcome the . obtuse
obstinacy of 221 representatives of the people, who
coincided with the Learned SomcsToa-GereEI:AL that
no necessity existed for producing the b.rief, it
being matter of perfect notoriety that: certain
individuals in this country, being :subjects
of the QUEEN, had assumed territorial titles
as archbishops and bishops of the Roman eCatholic
Church, and it was against the assumption of such
titles they were legislating. Of course tl le pious
Gemini, Messrs. KEOGH and REYNOLDS, cote :ributed
their quota of support to their new-caught 24 [etropo-
litan Voltigeur, the former repeating the leg, 11 argu-
ment with which he had previously crazes ted Mr.
DUNCOMBE, and the latter enlivening the eilscussion
with one of those felicitous discourses in evh ich it is
difficult to determine whether polished repar tee, acute
logic, or persuasive candour was the most cot isipicuous.
We trust that the exertions of the Learned, Member
for Athlone throughout so many evenings' have not
produced the effect of ruffling his eq a/ leimity ;
but it hardly comports wi th the natural
dignity and conspicuous position of the
Irish Brigadier to foam out such tern is as he
employed with regard to the SOLICITOR- C ENERAL
and the Administration just previous to tl- te division
on Mr. SADLEIH'S amendment. Censiderin g the high
grounds which he and the Hon. Member for Dublin
have taken ever since the first introduct io aof the
question of the Papal aggression into the Mouse of
Commons, their scrupulous abstinence from: . any pro-
ceeding which could be construed into fa ct ious ob-
struetien or unnecessary retardation, the BC lidity of
argument, the oratorical brilliancy, and the . chivalric
Q°urteaY towards opponents which have si gnalised
their senatorial displays, we would deeply ( lei ?lore the
occurrence of a single blemish on that lof ly reputa-
tion which
ES the worthtybeY command throughout t he empire
Sir
-uliccessors of PLUNKET and
Nor shoald CFRATTAN.
EERY BARRON remain altogether
uncomniended. He disposed of the PEEN IER, as re-
garded the assertion made
Noble Lord,
e n
on a former ( 'veiling by
existence of a co. sspiracy to
nt the x
osif the
ou of civil and
in Europe, by telling him religio QV liberty
prevent
"to his teeth a ett'it was a
base falsehood, and had no foundation "
• Amenities
of
the t thedium of debateis nature are refreshing, and gracefu 11 y enliven

DEATH OF ME. CONDY, JUN., MARINE ARTIST.—
PLYMOuni, MAY 22.—We regret to announce the demise,
at a very early age, of N. M. Condy, Esq., the celebrated
marine artist, whose skill and fidelity as a painter in' that
particular branch of the profession which he had made pecu-
liarly his study, had placed him among the leading artists
of his time. The deceased gentleman was a member of the
Royal Western Yacht Club, whose flag has been hoisted
half-meet high, as an expression of regret for tbe loss of the earliest and most active of its members.—llymouth
Journal.

The clerks and surveyors in each of the depart-
ments of the Liverpool public bodies have been allowed a
week's leave of absence, and preseuted with a sovereign, to
Q them to visit the Exhibition.

Everyone at all observant of the progress actually
making in the advancement of science and the deve-
lopment of civilization, is by this time tolerably
familiar with the evils of the existing patent laws of
England, and the imperative necessity of their amend-
ment. It scarcely remains for anyone to be informed
of the discrepancy existing between the sums re-
quired in this country and in others beyond seas for
the legal protection of any new and valuable inven-
tion. Whereas amongst ourselves an amount very
nearly reaching the extravagant total of four hundred
pounds is extorted from the unfortunate experimen-
talist before he can secure to himself a right of
property in his contrivance for the United
Kingdom, the same advantages can be ob-
tained for less than 101. sterling in either the
United States, France, Belgium, or Holland. This,
moreover, is accompanied by the monstrous dispro-
portion of the delays impeding the applicant in Great
Britain, while, in the states just enumerated, every
facility would, on the contrary, be placed at his com-
mand by their respective Governments. Amongst
ourselves, the consumption of time, as well as of
capital, inevitable upon all such occasions, is enough
in truth to deter many from adventuring upon a
course so expensive and so procrastinated. It
was from a recognition of this fact that
some of our more energetic reformers
were recently induced to organize an
association for the promotion of these long-desired
amendments, for the agitation of the subject through-
out the country, and for its definitive introduction to
the notice of both Houses of Parliament. The pur-
pose kept in view by the originators of this benevo-
lent scheme commanded from us, it may be remem-
bered, an earnest expression of our sympathy almost
immediately upon its first announcement. Since
then we have sedulously watched the progress made
by its chief promoters, and, from time to time, have
brought the matter through our leading columns
under the reconsideration of the reading and
reflective community. Latterly, we are rejoiced to
observe, that the interest taken in the subject referred
to has been very considerably extended throughout the
population, indicating its movement by the more fre-
quent discussion of the injuries actually inflicted by
the laws as they at present stand ; and this variously
by the lecturer, the journalist, and the pamphleteer;
by all those, in fact, who possessed the opportunities
of leisure, or inclination, to bring the evils of the
Patent System under the scrutiny of the multitude.
In their very lucid prospectus the council of the
National Patent Law Amendment Association an-
nounce the precise changes which, according to their
opinion, are absolutely needed in order to render the
required reforms efficient. They insist, for example,
first and foremost upon the necessity of making pro-
teed= for inventors, obtainable at little or no cost
ad interim, or provisionally. They maintain that com-
plete protection, or Letters Patent, should be rendered
obtainable at moderate cost, if any such course of
proceeding should be deemed expedient. They demand
a simplified mode of obtaining this Patent cr com-
plete protection. They assert that, for the easy refer-
ence of inventors and the public, there shall be formed
an official classified index of all such Patents and
protections. For the purpose of securing the better
judicial protection of patent rights, they suggest the
introduction and use of scientific and practical judg-
ment in a positive form, and without entailing any
supplementary expense whatever upon the litigants,
together with the ulterior appointment of a special
court for patent matter, should such an arrangement
be considered, on inquiry, desirable. Added to all
which, it is proposed by them that eventually some
declaratory statute shall be formed settling what is
really and actually the law relating to patents
and protections. From these particulars it
will be sufficiently evident, we conceive, that
much remains to be effected before the
scientific inventors of the United Kingdom can be
placed in a proper position with regard to their own
individual rights and those of the general population
—in reference, we mean, to the rights of the public
it large to the benefit of every new invention, and to
the rights of its inventor to the enjoyment of the
proceeds flowing in from its use by the community.
Notwithstanding the multiplicity and the magnitude
of the innovations found to be necessary before this
can be in any reasonable manner accom-
plished, it will be perceived that the pro-
moters of the change in the Patent Laws
have until now been energetically and uninterruptedly
prosecuting their enterprise in the evident and ra-
tional conviction that perseverance in a cause so
righteous must ultimately render them triumphant
over every opposition.
While these exertions have been making collec-
tively by the members of the association here speci-
fied, one or two individuals have distinguished them-
selves by their isolated endeavours to force the same
truths simultaneously upon the notice of the peen,
the people, and the Parliament. Among these volun-
tary labourers in the cause of the inventor may be es-
pecially noticed, as entitled to commendation, a learned
barrister who has striven to advance the same argu-
ments in a pamphlet of singular ability.* To the
arguments ,of this gentleman we would direct the
attention of all those who may still continue sceptical
as to the greatness of the evils complained of, male.
tied that even a cursory glance at his lucubrations
will be sufficient to convince even the most obdurate.
" Observations on the Defects of the Patent Laws of
this Country ;with Suggestions for the Reform of Them."
BY W. M. klindrnarch, E.q., Bartister-at-law. Bvo., pp,
58. Bruning and Company, London: 1851.